When values hit absurd levels last spring, the buyers unloaded their stocks and disappeared.

去年春天，茶价飙升至匪夷所思的地步的时候，买家开始清仓，然后消失了。

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Spring: Elastic machine component able to deflect under load in a prescribed manner and to recover its initial shape when unloaded.

弹簧：一种有弹性的机器组件，能在承载时变形到预期的状态，卸载后又恢复到原状。

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In the spring of 1519, after months of travel, Cortes landed in Vera Cruz. As soon as the ships had been unloaded Cortes torched the entire fleet to prevent his men from turning back.

一五一九年春天， 经过几个月旅程， 柯狄兹在韦拉克鲁斯登陆， 卸下船上辎重后， 把十一艘船尽付一炬， 以免手下萌退意。

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